It was a big deal to acknowledge someone as the Son of David.
In essence, what is being proclaimed is royalty. Someone worthy of the crown of the greatest King in their history.
That this new hope should enter the main city in such humility is fitting of the Man who was born in humble beginnings and did not establish His rule from a lofty palatial setting, but in and among the people right where they were.
It remains a wonder that we serve a King who chooses to be among His subjects. Just as He walked with the people in His day, so by His Spirit He chooses to walk among His people and let them know what godly rule looks like. How it prioritises prayer over financial pursuits. How it brings wholeness to those who are in need of it. How it stimulates fruit from those who should be producing it. How it promotes peace even as it is being persecuted by the status quo.
It’s exciting to consider the rule of God as something that bucks the trend of what is accepted as the norm. It is exciting to live in a rule that encourages mutual submission and leads to care and provision being given even from the most unusual sources. Whilst opportunity is given to be the means of grace to someone in need who may never have thought you would have been the conduit.
Bringing in the tax collector and prostitute and hailing them for their readiness for the Kingdom reminds us that the King came to find those who were lost. The spiritually comfortable or apathetic have no need for this King. Only those who recognise that they are poor in Spirit and hunger for Him are filled by Him. It thus makes it all the ore exciting that we have that message to share with those who feel rejected and neglected by society.
No wonder with such credentials, with such compassion and compelled by such conviction, we who follow Jesus of Nazareth – Son of God, Son of Man and Son of David are truly blessed to follow His Majesty the Divine Servant King.
His Kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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